look to attend an event which they promised me is going to be the height of sophistication and delegates and it's the eighteenth twelfth anniversary both. for over a thousand years the russians have known that a good party needs don't sink down the centuries rich and poor alike have learned the steps put on their costumes and set off to find love patronage or simply good time. in this suitably graham building almost two hundred people have gathered to perform the classics from the polonaise to the polka all in front of a live orchestra. you can't help but notice the effort that's going into their

appearance and although i wasn't the only one in my dress i did feel a little out of place. though i don't see much in the way of the sensory plating but i do know one lady in there that they have to get the right heel for a period of review by arena. so we all look so beautiful costumes here. of course this fall here was the first dedicated to the war of eighteen twelve it wasn't so much about russia as they but it was the first such event that was held after the war a certain degree of courage was required to hold the ball at that time this stance is where it all began.

and with several events every year they're becoming very popular even if you're not experienced you are encouraged to join in and there are plenty of helpful partners waiting to show you the ropes. movement in music have always stood the russian soul but now in the twenty first century more and more people seem to be learning these traditional courtly dances that hop back to a bygone age i wanted to find out what makes them so appealing to a modern nor dns and how long it might take to get an absolute beginner to the book but. there's a school in moscow which claims it can teach anybody how to dance so i'm going to put the theory to the test and apparently there are always sorts of men so hopefully this should be a place for me. good evening everyone today we will learn the

viennese waltz which you can dance at the ball roll. up it was time to start learning the basics the toiling round by myself everything seemed pretty easy but a solo waltz wasn't exactly going to cut it take the lady's right hand good. the gentleman's right hand sits in the lady's left shoulder blade a little closer. in time. while the. the as i fought the urge to stare at my feet and count out loud we made a few circuits of the room with only minimal damage to obvious toes. the idea is to get good enough to actually not look like a total idiot to the board. just fly but the u.k. yeah fine. so that's not as heavy give

a traffic jam out of. our instructor demon has been teaching for the best part of twenty years and says he's never seen dancing more popular. though she was not the most of it up it is important because whenever you go to any public place like a restaurant there's always room for dancing beats the so you get a feeling of confidence when you know that you can invite a lady to the dance floor. raise your hand. and then with the you know i think that the first true taste for dancing only comes after three months of practice. but. unfortunately for me i didn't have quite that long if i was going to make it to another daunts i was going to need some serious help to have a question there's a pool coming up and i really need a partner. would you come with. basic or wonderful.

myself or great of a heart but clearly i was going to have to get myself properly prepared for culture isn't just about dancing and i was going to have to brush up on my fashion and my etiquette. most here we see the most authentic russian romanticism of this is a picnic dress it's accentuated with the light shawl and hat only single women were allowed to have uncovered head but it was pushed they had highly decorated hairstyles to married women whether at the ball or at home were required to wear hats you know in the summer they danced in the stress of balls but it would be worn only at a local summer gatherings so summer school if we look at the male costume we see that the dress code was colorful and return to the fashion scene in color courses the shirts of model mostly. this is the costume for the middle of the

nineteenth century. that's the sort of thing open with four. by this time they are wearing black coats and black trousers in comparison with very elaborate gowns for the ladies men look like exclamation points bringing attention to female beauty. and want to remind you that you could make a costume like that for me the core question of course brilliant or. excuse me for a moment let's. tell the first story. accordions both on the one hand the ballroom is the most democratic place.

most of all you can invite anyone you like your board so just but if you want to invite a lady who is standing next to a gentleman you should ask his permission first. yet the ballroom is also a very patriarchal place in the past jewels in russia were for big but there is one exception if someone stood on your partner's dress like that you were obliged to challenge him to do it only in that instance did the emperor permitted just do it. at the cooperation women were able to communicate with fans man knew what was being directed at them. was mostly the final why right arm to the heart without little point it means i love you other movements had other meanings this one means i have no interest in when a lady does this it means she likes you. when the lady flaps her family like this

that's your signal to invite her to dance and. stand facing one another the gentleman takes a step to the right. that is gentleman embrace your partner. are already. involved but in the off the. us us. the. step by step your small idea excellent but. walk. the walk you have wonderful sure's present train is the best and then put me off that. bus to boast or.

ok just try it in front of prince and that and the story and the pride. that we do in a couple. it wasn't perfect but it was as good as it was going to get and the next day i headed to a room is to pick up my costume. you know what something near here we have a dress from the middle of the nineteenth century that you know this hoop skirt is made of silk taffeta there's about nine leaders here at that time flowers were very fashionable just because now i'll show you my pride and joy this is a carnival gown from the sixteenth century. i'm not saying it's all sewn by hand. all silk and silk and bordered fabric such a beauty. of the ball all of this beauty was exempted by the seriousness

rigor and restraint in male attire. that's the kind of out that we've got for you. so this is going to make me hopefully a fresh little gent of the scene fifty's now just to see if everything fits but it seems the trend of the day was for very small clothing. for those not the best needs to be tight even in paintings you'll see that the male figure i mean it's the females. and waste. the small children to be kids again ladies for most weekend. but. no takes james for the next week. and like that. there we go finally feel authentic james the dandy if so go to the ball.

shows. the women of the time spent about six hours in hair ration forms the head dress a had to have a high level of professionalism in order to make such a hairstyle unless they used a shine to greek statues is modeled its. style uses lots of walks and curls consumed during these hairpiece holds these hair out fashion we have spirals at the temples we use crowd it's a very romantic style and very playful. especially in dance when a girl dances and flips her curls it's amazing. and. it's super wonderful thank you but you know you're ready for the ball from the ball that

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music everything together all together is like a run today you get used to it you get addicted to it i would like to get a big ticket to. the house used to play host to the aristocracy on the intelligentsia and it set me truth i'm in such all centered surroundings and among beautifully dressed people it's easy to lose yourself. and it's possible i may have got slightly carried away. suck. i didn't moan satisfaction. begin.

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palmer had been satisfied and as i rode back towards the twenty first century it was finally time to read a message i've been passed at the darts. james i'd like to invite you to join me at the first russian viennese ball in montrose switzerland it should be a memorable event if you like to attend please join me at the imperial tailoring company in moscow next monday at noon you'll need to pick out something elegant hope to see you there victor. there was no way i could pass up a chance like this viennese ball is renowned as the best event of the season and i knew the picture was one of the men in charge. now it might be a traditional ball but i don't think the eight hundred fifty look is going to cut

it in switzerland so i'm here to meet up with victor and hopefully pick up something a little bit more. pictures time james stuff this is yeah well now we know that she was a huge for you i've already chosen the one for me this one please. me had good taste it brought me to moscow's imperial tailoring company where they make some of the best clothes in the business. runs. well well james and generally look really very good i think fits you perfectly but maybe some small items for example your trousers are longer right thing and maybe a fake some more buttons all. this was just yeah yeah but in general it's perfect and of course there's always a place or something we can always do best ok right. of course i work ok.

cupid. this is your theory you look really perfect thank you very much well i don't think that daniel craig has anything to worry about but you can't help but feel a bit special it's something like this so what's up switzerland because we're coming to get you. a few days in around two and a half thousand kilometers later i'd arrived in the small swiss municipality of montrose and it certainly didn't disappoint. when you use the room just to be very welcome to the family for months or so your room is ready this is a room with a key pick you well this is a bit special isn't it a five star hotel for a five star event a comic. viennese ball has taken place in moscow under

around europe since two thousand and three is the brainchild of organizer alexander smile good and i caught up with him to see why he decided to hold this one in montreaux. first of all we never did a ball into the like ok. we decided to do it and when we're choosing the place we consulted with some. partners from see this through the salon so they said that. look at montreal this is beautiful small town on the lake so they came here spatially to check the place i was impressed so we decided to make both here. more than twenty thousand people have attended alexander's dumpsters and each one is planned down to the last detail how much preparation goes into. it wasn't like that so you know it seems that it is very easy but it is not so definitely. to make

a real ball you have several levels of it but you have to bring distress to august first at least one thing for nick one just all just seem getters to yak about catering to don's flaw in order people have to submit it to the dogs because and this is all. i could already tell it was going to be a member of kazan and according to conduct a alfred a very multicultural want to. do this evening is really very special because we have different problems to solve and we have singers from russia and we have l.a. from russia and it will fester from it tell italy and i'm from austria so it's an international event absolutely well we'll let you go back because also you need scrivener thank you very much take it away maestro thank you very much.

and. was. this the old district continued that practice i headed back to my room with just an hour to go i had to get ready but there's always time to enjoy if you like this. passed. i think i can say without a shadow of a doubt that i could get used to this.

the guests were beginning to arrive but i couldn't resist one last trip to the hotel's engine room. well my nose has led me to probably the most important place in the hotel this evening the kitchen whether carrying all of these things for the ball so i could be a little bit careful because i want to get ten angry sets around me that could be dangerous. they're making four courses to feed four hundred guests so there's not much time to hang around admired their work and with lobster and why growled the menu so to say i was looking forward to dinner . making my mouth water but time getting close. while more and more guests began the night with a glass of champagne i went to meet victor and it turned out he had a rather unexpected surprise in store. like i. told him

this is and this is my own thanks because as we're having one big problem we're like in the debutante at the moment i would like to feel and maybe there are never enough men out there always so many beautiful women and never enough men my pleasure if you would if you will have a. great. i had planned to hang back and take part in some of the big group don'ts is this time and i was suddenly very nervous if this was the same years debutante ball it was more important than ever that i didn't mess up still at least i didn't have long to think about it. with dozens of couples performing the figure waltz we did have a few problems with traffic but with a few well timed walls we made it to be end and then we could really enjoy

ourselves. you're loving life you usually find some like you literally pretty like my case is made so maybe i'll do. it. i think i. can come to a karaoke today because it. is but it certainly leaves you out of breath and it gave me a chance to chat with samia about why she had decided to become

a debutante met so many different younger people who seem to be taking to this what is it that appeals to this as opposed to you know the traditional kind of going out of friday night listening in a culture that you know. sauce. and finish and it comes one day especially the stuff which is startled by the east also very interesting here because of all of last night you know these are going to get a little bodies in silence i. don't destroy it was replaced by a jazz band and the music became a little less classical. i think the most revealing thing that i can say but i love don so that is just here. to keep. my

journey into bowl culture to bring me this far. i actually don't think i'll be hiking up my dancing shoes and it's hard see. that there is still holes being held by. the rest. as to tolstoy would have been private.

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